Customer Reviews

HQRP AC Power Adapter / Charger for ASUS Eee PC 700 / 701 / 2G Surf / 4G / 4G Surf / 8G Netbook / Subnotebook Replacement

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The charger I received looked nothing like the charger in the picture and does not work with an ASUS Eee PC 701 as described.

I bought this adapter/charger as a backup for the original adapter/charger on my EEE-PC 4G (which currently runs Ubuntu 10.04). The charger itself seems to work fine (it charges the netbook's battery) but, if I try to use the netbook while it is connected to the charger, the netbook's touchpad either does not respond at all or jumps around the screen. If I connect an external mouse, the netbook then works fine while charging.

This behavior does not occur with the original charger - the netbook's touchpad works fine while it is charging. Google found a few similar problem reports and they were all associated with "replacement" chargers with the suggestion that the problem was somehow related to "grounding" the cable that connects to the netbook.

I do not plan to return this adapter/charger but I am somewhat disappointed considering the cost compared to other similar items.

This charges my ASUS 701 eee pc great. I had bought a Rocketfish charger from Best Buy for $125.00 that said it worked with ASUS but didn't. For this price I will order a couple more as backups.

I have looked all over and tried several laptop power cords for my ASUS EEE, but this is the first source that actually WORKED in my netbook! Thanks a million!

This is about twice as expensive as the other chargers for my eee PC that I've been using. I bought this one in hopes that it would be a step up in quality. It has a little trouble with supplying consistent voltage once it heats up, which causes trouble for my trackpad, but it does seem to have more physically robust construction.

I bought this adapter to replace the wall transformer that came with the Eee 4g. Ours had fallen from about 1.5 feet and broke (it was pulled from the wall) @ 8 months old. This adapter looked great as it was a regular laptop rectangular power brick. I figured it would eliminate that particular problem.

What I received was a replica of the original adapter so I only rated 4 stars.

The delivered product works well, it's a little lighter than the original with less tendency to pull from the wall. A good feature is the flip prongs are held in place by tension. One of my gripes with the Asus wall wart was the tendency for the prongs to fold while attempting to plug it in, especially in hard to reach areas. This doesn't suffer from that problem. The prongs seem a little thicker which also help to hold it in place.

Bottom line, if I had known the replacement transformer was going to be better than the original, I would have bought it anyway. I searched Amazon to see if the price was acceptable for the product, and because of the super saver shipping it was, so I won't be returning it.

However I am a huge advocate of truth in advertising and will be writing to Amazon to note my disappointment the discrepancy, and I'll have to rate the seller low, especially seeing I'm the second person to receive the wrong product.

I don't suggest buying these cords. I have 2 ASUS computers for my kids, ages 10 and 13. The original cords went very fast breaking at the tips that you insert into pc. I bought 2 of these and one did the same thing. But, beyind that, both of them lost the male prongs where the cord connects at the transformer. Don't understand why these cords have to be in 2 pieces.